Wei Pengyuan, a former senior energy official, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on Monday for accepting bribes of 211.7 million yuan ($31.4 million) and possessing a huge amount of property from an unidentified source, according to a court in Hebei province.
Data from unconventional sources, such as figures on living standards, provide a new way to evaluate poverty across China, according to a report on Monday by the United Nations Development Program China.
Business leaders in the BRICS bloc should promote confidence and contribute to global growth through stepped up investment in emerging economies, President Xi Jinping said on Sunday.
With help from her jump rope instead of a metronome, Alma Deutscher has written an opera that's being staged this Christmas in Vienna, the capital of classical music. Not bad when you're aged 11.
China will launch a manned spacecraft on Monday morning to transport two astronauts to the Tiangong II space laboratory, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
On a recent Saturday morning in Beijing, Win Tin, 66, a veteran journalist from Myanmar, was enthralled by a lecture at the Communication University of China on setting up a digital studio, from floor layouts to overhead light temperatures to software.
Chinese-made menthocamphorate, a balm used to relieve pain, is becoming popular in Egypt following its introduction by Chinese travelers. Here, a few people reflect on how Chinese products are seen abroad.
Sometimes I feel like I belong in the last century.